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Federal law protects student clubs — even ones you don’t like

May 1, 2015 | Ed Law

If a school district allows students to form noncurricular clubs, it must allow all clubs.

Think vaccinations are a pain? Try avoiding them in court

Mar 1, 2015 | Ed Law

When individual rights collide with the state’s authority to provide for the general welfare, the state almost always wins.

Technology weaves a tangled privacy web

Feb 1, 2015 | Ed Law

Technology affords greater ability to assist and monitor student learning and even track their movements. Can schools afford community backlash and potential lawsuits over alleged privacy violations?

Laws protect teen parents at school

Dec 1, 2014 | Ed Law

Title IX shelters pregnant teens and new parents from discrimination at school. Districts are responding with programs to further their academic development and life chances.

Homework skirmishes go to court

Nov 1, 2014 | Ed Law

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The law trends toward transgender students

Oct 1, 2014 | Ed Law

Courts and the federal government are granting more rights and privileges for transgender students to be who they feel they are in schools and at school events.

School is open for immigrants

Aug 30, 2014 | Ed Law

Children of undocumented immigrants have a right to a free, public education, but schools and the children themselves still face challenges.

The burden of equality in public education

Mar 30, 2014 | Ed Law

The U.S. Constitution’s silence on education has sent battles on education funding into state courts.

School districts pursue parents who cross the line

Mar 1, 2014 | Ed Law

Parents who fake a residence in a district to get a child into a better school or on a better sports team are facing a growing legal backlash that threatens fines, restitution, and even jail.